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Top Birds at Great Kills Park--Mudflats in August
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 97 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Great Kills Park--Mudflats in August. The difference in probability relative to other nearby locations is also shown, to highlight which birds are particularly likely to be found (or not found) at this specific location. The chart shows how many distinct species have historically been observed at this location for each month of the year.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   Double-crested Cormorant 41.2% 88.7% 47.4%
2   Herring Gull 39.4% 87.6% 48.2%
3   Laughing Gull 31.9% 86.6% 54.7%
4   Mallard 40.7% 77.3% 36.6%
5   Great Black-backed Gull 26.9% 71.1% 44.2%
6   Semipalmated Plover 21.0% 71.1% 50.1%
7   American Oystercatcher 12.3% 69.1% 56.8%
8   Osprey 30.6% 68.0% 37.4%
9   Snowy Egret 22.4% 67.0% 44.6%
10   Northern Mockingbird 36.0% 63.9% 28.0%
11   Ring-billed Gull 31.7% 63.9% 32.2%
12   Semipalmated Sandpiper 24.1% 61.9% 37.8%
13   Mourning Dove 53.7% 60.8% 7.1%
14   Great Egret 34.5% 60.8% 26.3%
15   Common Tern 16.3% 60.8% 44.5%
16   European Starling 51.1% 59.8% 8.7%
17   Little Blue Heron 4.1% 55.7% 51.5%
18   Gray Catbird 54.7% 52.6% 2.1%
19   Least Sandpiper 22.0% 50.5% 28.6%
20   Barn Swallow 39.9% 47.4% 7.6%
21   American Goldfinch 37.6% 38.1% 0.5%
22   Song Sparrow 35.0% 38.1% 3.1%
23   Northern Cardinal 47.8% 34.0% 13.8%
24   Spotted Sandpiper 17.0% 34.0% 17.1%
25   Tree Swallow 14.1% 34.0% 19.9%
26   Canada Goose 40.8% 33.0% 7.8%
27   American Robin 57.3% 32.0% 25.3%
28   Killdeer 14.1% 32.0% 17.8%
29   Great Blue Heron 30.6% 28.9% 1.8%
30   Boat-tailed Grackle 4.2% 28.9% 24.6%
31   Fish Crow 8.9% 27.8% 18.9%
32   Black-bellied Plover 7.4% 25.8% 18.4%
33   American Black Duck 10.0% 24.7% 14.7%
34   Bank Swallow 3.0% 21.6% 18.6%
35   Red-winged Blackbird 28.5% 18.6% 9.9%
36   Eastern Towhee 7.0% 18.6% 11.5%
37   Rock Pigeon 35.4% 16.5% 19.0%
38   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9.1% 16.5% 7.4%
39   Royal Tern 2.2% 15.5% 13.3%
40   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 13.4% 3.4%
41   Sanderling 5.3% 12.4% 7.1%
42   House Finch 14.9% 11.3% 3.6%
43   Forster's Tern 13.2% 11.3% 1.9%
44   Ruddy Turnstone 5.5% 11.3% 5.9%
45   Yellow Warbler 20.2% 10.3% 9.9%
46   Field Sparrow 1.8% 10.3% 8.5%
47   House Sparrow 50.1% 9.3% 40.8%
48   Downy Woodpecker 25.3% 9.3% 16.0%
49   Brown Pelican 0.1% 9.3% 9.2%
50   American Crow 14.4% 8.2% 6.2%
51   Willet 3.6% 8.2% 4.6%
52   Black Scoter 0.3% 8.2% 7.9%
53   Carolina Wren 24.8% 7.2% 17.6%
54   House Wren 11.4% 7.2% 4.2%
55   Short-billed Dowitcher 10.4% 7.2% 3.2%
56   Black Skimmer 5.8% 7.2% 1.5%
57   Common Grackle 28.3% 6.2% 22.1%
58   Common Yellowthroat 15.2% 6.2% 9.0%
59   Caspian Tern 1.9% 6.2% 4.3%
60   Eastern Kingbird 16.8% 5.2% 11.6%
61   Black-crowned Night-Heron 14.6% 5.2% 9.4%
62   Saltmarsh Sparrow 2.1% 5.2% 3.1%
63   Turkey Vulture 5.3% 4.1% 1.2%
64   Least Tern 5.1% 4.1% 1.0%
65   Greater Scaup 0.3% 4.1% 3.8%
66   Northern Flicker 26.0% 3.1% 22.9%
67   Greater Yellowlegs 15.9% 3.1% 12.8%
68   Belted Kingfisher 8.4% 3.1% 5.3%
69   Peregrine Falcon 7.6% 3.1% 4.5%
70   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6.8% 3.1% 3.7%
71   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.0% 3.1% 2.9%
72   Willow Flycatcher 4.7% 3.1% 1.6%
73   Piping Plover 1.9% 3.1% 1.2%
74   Brant 0.8% 3.1% 2.3%
75   Whimbrel 0.5% 3.1% 2.5%
76   American Redstart 22.0% 2.1% 20.0%
77   Warbling Vireo 10.0% 2.1% 7.9%
78   Glossy Ibis 6.6% 2.1% 4.5%
79   Bobolink 2.2% 2.1% 0.2%
80   White-eyed Vireo 2.2% 2.1% 0.1%
81   Surf Scoter 0.1% 2.1% 2.0%
82   Western Reef-Heron 0.0% 2.1% 2.0%
83   Blue Jay 35.4% 1.0% 34.4%
84   Lesser Yellowlegs 13.9% 1.0% 12.9%
85   Red-tailed Hawk 11.5% 1.0% 10.4%
86   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9.0% 1.0% 8.0%
87   Marsh Wren 5.7% 1.0% 4.6%
88   Clapper Rail 4.2% 1.0% 3.2%
89   White-rumped Sandpiper 4.0% 1.0% 3.0%
90   American Kestrel 3.6% 1.0% 2.6%
91   Brown Thrasher 3.1% 1.0% 2.1%
92   Bald Eagle 2.5% 1.0% 1.5%
93   Cooper's Hawk 2.3% 1.0% 1.2%
94   Seaside Sparrow 1.1% 1.0% 0.0%
95   Red Knot 1.0% 1.0% 0.0%
96   Hudsonian Godwit 0.8% 1.0% 0.2%